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iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF: What’s ahead for SOXX?

iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF SOXX Price Chart

Semiconductor stocks are hot. The iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF SOXX is up 24% annually over the past 5 years. What is the outlook for the SOXX ETF? Is SOXX a buy, sell or hold?

Categories: ETF Investing, Sector Investing
Tags: iShares Sector ETFs, Sector Analysis, Sector ETFs

Fidelity Investments Offers Free Trading on iShares ETFs: Ways You Can Profit from ETF Trading

Competition in the online trading space has been heating up. In the closing months of 2009, Charles Schwab (SCHW) cut commissions to $8.95 per trade of stock or non-Schwab exchange-traded fund (ETF). Schwab has also allowed commission free trading of its eight in-house ETFs. Responding to Schwab’s move, Fidelity Investments has replaced its tiered commission structure ranging from… Read More »

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iShares ETF and iShares Trusts from Barclays

A Sector Investing Perspective The iShares family includes several sector and industry-group specific iShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as well as commodity-oriented iShares trusts. The sector and industry-group specific iShares ETFs are registered as iShares, Inc. under the 1940 Investment Company Act. The commodity-oriented iShares Trusts are investment vehicles designed to track the price movements of certain commodities. The… Read More »

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